#268E7E#268E7E

#268E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268E7E
RGB	rgb(38, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -32.89, 0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 32.89, 179.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0952 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.095 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2364, 21.2628, 23.0884)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268E7E #8E2636

analogous

#268E4A #268E7E #266A8E

triadic

#268E7E #7E268E #8E7E26

tetradic

#268E7E #4A268E #8E2636 #6A8E26

square

#268E7E #4A268E #8E2636 #6A8E26

split-complementary

#268E7E #8E266A #8E4A26

monochromatic

#0C2D28 #195E53 #268E7E #33BEA9 #5BD3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#268E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#268E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268E7E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268E7E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa3',
    500: '#268e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268e7e;
$custom-light: #71afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58493,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268E7E

secondary

#B85867

accent

#475FE1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #268E7E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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